There’s no place like home for the holidays

My parents, safe and snug back in Planet California, sent me photos of them gettin’ in the spirit.

This Sugar Plum Fairy has been ‘mine’ ever since I had a concept of Christmas decorations as things you hung on trees and no matter how appetizing-looking did N O T eat. (This was a concept I had to learn with a few hits and misses and some extra fiber in my diet.)

I personally enjoyed her ninja stance. If you twist her up and let her go, she unloads a can of woop-ass on whatever ornament is in the vicinity, sending them North Pole-ward with a good roundhouse kick.

Christmas cheer can have an edge. She may wear a dress, but this Sugar Plum is no fairy.